Two thieves on the run in a beat-up station wagon stop to ask thirteen-year-old Travis directions, and his life suddenly shifts gear. On the woman's face is a sinister tattoo, an incarnation of evil. What does it mean, and why does a crow keep appearing out of the empty sky like a dark omen? Author Biography: Peter Lawrence is a partner in Kill City, the crime bookshop in Melbourne. When he combines his writing talents with Tom Jellett's stark black and white illustrations, the outcome is more than spine-chilling. About the Illustrator: Tom Jellett is already familiar to After Dark readers through his haunting illustrations in The Barn and The Crow.